CAINSVILLE ELEM.

CAINSVILLE ELEM. operates as a tiny K-5 school in CAINSVILLE, Missouri, part of CAINSVILLE R-I. Current enrollment sits at 48 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 85% smaller than typical.

CAINSVILLE R-I runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 86 students. CAINSVILLE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CAINSVILLE ELEM. logs that nearly all students (100%) are White.

On the resource side, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.3:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Harrison County's rate of about 54%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate median household income runs about $54,367, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAINSVILLE ELEM. is one of 13 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 1,269 students).

CAINSVILLE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 45%: 33 students in 2018 compared to 48 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 5.2:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.